Liu Gong stretched out his hand, dipped his index finger in tea, and drew a huge circle on the tea table. Zhou Li was clear that within this circle, there were already himself, Tang Wan, and Zhu Qianyun. Now there were many more people, more opportunities, and more dangers.
"If it were ten years ago, when Emperor Taizong was still alive, the King of Han wouldn't dare to rebel. If it were six years ago, before the Hongxi Emperor fell gravely ill, the King of Han couldn't have taken advantage of the situation, and perhaps with my older brothers, I could still have kept him in check. But now... alas."
With a long sigh, this elder who had once slaughtered foreign invaders on horseback and followed Emperor Taizong to pacify the empire, for the first time, let out a helpless sigh. In this instant, Zhou Li and the other person felt that they were facing not the awe-inspiring General Wei Wu who once "Set the Universe" on horseback, but an elderly man in his twilight years.
"And now?"
